Creel



Dec. 8, 1936. B. A. PETERSON CREEL 4 sheets-sheet 1 Filed Dec. 19, 1931 Burt 141 82567 3077 ATTORNEYS Dec. 8, 1936. B A PETER ON 2,063,752

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ATTORNEYS Dec. 8, 1936. B. A. PETERSON CREEL Filed Dec. 19, 1931 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 u m WWW HWn J 0' MA f v wt B m m- ATTORNEYS Dec. 8, 1936. B. A. PETERSON 2,063,752

CREEL Filed Dec. 19, 1931 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 y INVENTOR Burt/{Peterson ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 8, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GREEL ration of -Illinois' vApplication December 19, 1931, Serial No. 582,003

15 Claims.

' ..comprisinga creelthat embodies the features of my. invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmental side elevation of the ..creel.

Fig..-3 .is agfragmentaliplan view of the creel. Fig; 4 is a frag-mentalelevation. -Referring to.-Fig. 1:. Aydenotes a warper which v :20 maybe of any preferred characterand B is a creel embodying the .features of my invention.

.While-thecreel may. beof various. forms,.I have -herein shown it:-as comprising two upright frames 1 hand; 2-.which.are adjacent each other at the end 5lnear theiwarper and separated from each other at the opposite end so as to forma V-shaped "structure. :Eachframe comprises means for sup- :;porting. andcmovingan endless series of yarn- .mass carriers.

lReferringnoW toFigs. 3-and 4: 3 denotes an upright bar. toone side of which is attacheda columnor vertical series 'of yarn-mass supports 4. .These supports may beof any desired nature =-.,appropriate..to the character, of the yarn masses :35. to be supported. In the present drawings, I have shown. cross-wound yarn. masses or cheeses a,- formed uponcores b, the .bar 3 being provided with devices 5 which non-rotatably support the 1 cores with their axes in horizontal position. Survv40 rounding each yarn mass a is a cylindrical casing 6 having a. closed end I which is rigidly secured to the bar 3;:the opposite end of the casing being .:open for the insertion of full cheeses and the removal of cheese cores. The casings 6 enable the 45 ballooning yarn to set up air currents that blow .:the lint out toward the front of the creel and thus :prevent lint from accumu lating on the yarn masses. The casings also serve to keep the ballooning threads out of contact with one another. .60 As shown in Fig. 2, the yarn-mass supports 5 and the-casings 6 onone bar 3 are staggered with relation. to the supports and casings on the adjacent bars, so. as to economize space.

Attached to theupper end of the bar 3 is a ;5 l -roller v8. which .is. arranged. to .run upon. a. track member 9- that is secured in the upper portion of the vcreel frame. Said roller is located {at the outer side of the bar 3.

The bars '3 are secured together to form an endless series by means of two flexibleelements herein shown as chains and II secured to the inner sidesof said bars near the upper and lower ends thereof. Each chain extends around sprocket wheels l2, I3 and I4 mounted in the creel framework for rotation upon vertical axes. The two driving sprocket wheels l2 are fixed upon a shaft I29, the-sprocketwheels I3 and I4 being idlers. The lower chain II is arranged to run along guide flanges I (Fig.4) in. the creel frameat points between the sprocket wheels.

A guide plate [6 is secured to the upperend of each bar 3 to extend inaverticalplane, the lower edge of said plate being arranged to move in close proximity. to theinner-edge of the track 9 and the upper edge of said plate I6 being arranged to travel in close proximity to the..outer side of a guide flange l'I fixed in the creel frame. It will be seen that the-series of plates l6 serve to prevent the upper chain In from moving out of a substantially straight line between the sprockets I2 and I3 and between-the sprockets l3 and I 4 and betweenthe sprockets l4 and I2. The plates I6 also prevent the bars 3 from swaying on the chains and thus hold the yam-mass supports 5 stationaryduring warping. That porhaving on its armature shaft a pulley 2| from which power is communicated through a belt 22 to a pulley 23 fixed upon-a shaft 24. On each end of the shaft 24 is fixed a bevel gear 25 thatv meshes with a bevel gear 26 that is fixed to one of the sprocket wheels l2. Any desired or conventional means may be provided for starting and stopping the motor and for running it at the desired speed.

-At the outer side of each of the creel frames I and 2 is located means for guiding the yarn from the cheeses to the warper. If desired, ,means may be associated with the yarmguiding means for detecting exhaustion,v breakage or ex- .43 tion of the inner edge of the track9 which is 10 purpose comprises an electric motor 20 (Fig. 1)

cessive slackness of the yarn. The means herein shown for this purpose consists of vertical tiers or columns of yarn-guiding and detector units 21 similar to those described in my Patent No. 1,790,318, dated January 27, 1931, to which reference may be made for a full disclosure. The spacing of the columns of yarn-guiding units corresponds to the spacing of the bars 3, there being one unit in axial alinement with each cheese which is in running position.

The mode of operation is as follows: Assume that those bars 3 which are positioned at the outer side of the creel frames 1 and 2 are provided with yarn masses, the yarns of which are guided to extend to the warper. While those yarn masses are being unwound, the operative places yarn masses upon all of the other bars. When the yarn masses at the outer sides of the creel have been unwound completely or to the desired extent and have been disconnected from the warper, the operative operates the motor 20 to cause the series of yarn-mass supports to move in the direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1, whereby yarn-mass supports carrying full cheeses are brought to the outer side of the creel and the yarn-mass supports with the emptied or substantially empty cores are brought to the inner side of the creel. When the full cheeses have been brought into approximately unwinding position, the operative runs the motor intermittently so as to inch the series along until the full cheeses are in axial alinement with their respective yarn guides. The yarns of the full cheeses are then connected to the warper and warping resumed, after which the operative proceeds to remove the empty cheese cores and substitute full cheeses.

It will be seen that the construction herein disclosed greatly facilitates the reloading of the yarn-mass supports, that the time required to replace (in unwinding position) unwound cheese cores with full cheeses is reduced to a minimum, and that the operation of bringing full cheeses into unwinding position requires no appreciable physical exertion on the part of the operative, as all that is required is the operation of the electric motor 20. It thus becomes possible to reduce to a minimum the time the warper is idle.

I claim as my invention: 7

l. A creel comprising a framework, an endless track in the upper portion of said framework, an endless series of yarn-mass carriers, each carrier having a roller arranged to run upon said track, a flexible element connecting said carriers together in spaced relation, means for supporting and driving said flexible element, a series of yarn guides located along a portion of the circuit through which said carriers are arranged to travel, a member connected to each carrier, and a guide arranged to be engaged by said members to retain said rollers on said track at points between the flexible-element-driving means and to prevent said carriers from swaying with reference to said yarn guides.

2. A creel comprising a framework, an endless track in the upper portion of said framework, an endless series of vertically elongated yarn-mass carriers, each carrier having at its upper end a roller arranged to runrupon said track, a flexible element connecting the upper ends of said carriers together in spaced relation, means for supporting and driving said flexible element, a member connected to the upper end of each carrier, and a guide arranged to be engaged by said members to retain said rollers on said track at points between the fiexible-element-driving means and to prevent said carriers from swaying with reference to said flexible element.

3. A warper creel comprising a V-shaped framework, stationary yarn guides at the outer sides of said framework, and two endless series of yarn-mass supports mounted in said framework each arranged to travel in a circuit along an outer side of the latter and the corresponding inner side, and means for simultaneously driving said series of supports whereby to position yarn masses in operative relation to the yarn guides for unwinding, and to position yarn-mass supports at the inner sides of the framework for loading.

4. A warper creel comprising a framework, a stationary series of yarn guides at the outer side of said framework, and an endless series of yarn-mass supports mounted in said framework to travel along the inner and outer sides of the latter, whereby to position yarn masses in operative position behind the yarn guides for unwinding, and to position yarn-mass supports at the inner side of the framework for loading.

5. A warper creel comprising a framework, an endless series of yarn-mass supports mounted in said framework to travel in a circuit, a. stationary series of yarn guides adjacent to a part of said circuit, and means to cause the series of yarn-mass supports to travel, whereby to position yarn masses in operative relation to the yarn guides for unwinding, and to position yarnmass supports at other portions of the circuit for loading.

6. A creel comprising two endless chains arranged to move in parallel horizontal planes, bars 'ing between and connecting said chains, a plurality of yarn-mass supports upon and extending longitudinally of each bar, and means for driving said chains.

8. A creel comprising a plurality of vertical bars, a plurality of yarn-mass supports upon and extending longitudinally of each bar, and means for causing said bars to travel in a circuit in deflnitely spaced relation to one another.

9. A creel comprising two endless chains arranged to move in parallel horizontal planes, a vertical series of yarn-mass supports connected to and extending between said chains, and a group of yarn guides located alongside a portion of the path in which said series 01' supports is arranged to move, the yarn guides being spaced horizontally and vertically to correspond with the spacing of those yarn-mass supports which are adjacent to said group at any given time.

10. A creel comprising an endless series of vertical members arranged to move in a horizontal path, a vertical series of yarn-mass supthose yarn-mass supports which are adjacent to said group at any given time.

11. A creel comprising an endless series of vertical members arranged to move in a horizontal path having an outer portion and an inner portion, a vertical series of yarn-mass supports on each of said members, a group of yarn guides located along the outer portion of said path, the yarn guides being spaced horizontally and vertically to correspond with the spacing of those yam-mass supports which are at the outer portion of said path at any given time, and means to move said series in said path to replace the last-mentioned yarn-mass supports with those which were at the inner portion of said path.

12. A creel comprising an endless series of vertical members arranged to travel in an endless horizontal path, a plurality of yarn-mass supports on each member, means for causing the series to travel in said path from one position to another, and means to prevent said members from swaying while in adjusted position.

13. A creel including a frame, a plurality of supply-holder carriers extending across the frame, endless conveyors connecting the ends of said carriers and mounted for travel on the frame, and means for actuating the conveyors.

14. In a creel, the combination of a frame having opposite win-gs spaced apart to provide a charging station therebetween, endless conveyors travelable across the ends of the opposite wings of the frame, carriers extending laterally of each wing of the frame between the conveyors and connected to be traveled thereby, and a series of supply-holders carried by each carrier.

15. In a creel, the combination of an upright frame, chain-wheels journaled at either end of the frame adjacent the top and bottom thereof, endless chains extending between the wheels, carrier-rods attached at their ends to said chains to extend therebetween, supply-holders mounted in series along the carrier-rods, and means to operate the chain-wheels to travel the chains to shift the carrier-rods from one side of the frame to the other.

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